Some Measures of Accessibility of Large Trucks to the Texas Highway System

Fesenmaier, Julie; Burke, Dock

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Some Measures of Accessibility of Large Trucks to the Texas Highway System

1985-06-01
By Fesenmaier, Julie ; Burke, Dock

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Creators:

Fesenmaier, Julie ; Burke, Dock
Corporate Creators:

Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
Corporate Contributors:

Texas State Department of Highways and Public Transportation ; United States. Department of Transportation. Federal Highway Administration
Subject/TRT Terms:

Accessibility Commercial Vehicles Demographics Networks Optimization Routes Trend (Statistics) Trucks Trucks By Weight Vehicle Size
Publication/ Report Number:

FHWA/TX-85/66+336-lF
Resource Type:

Tech Report
Geographical Coverage:

Texas ; United States
Edition:

Final Report: September 1983 - June 1985
Corporate Publisher:

Texas Transportation Institute. Texas A&M University
Abstract:

The Surface Transportation Assistance Act (STM) of 1982 established a nationally uniform maximum limit to the length, width, and weight of commercial vehicles. In accordance with the act, a national network of routes that could safely and structurally accommodate the large and heavier vehicles was established. The objective of this study was to develop procedures for identifying truck routes and for determining accessibility to the selected network. This goal was accomplished in two stages. First potential demand for access to the network was identified. Emphasis was placed on counties that have large economic and demographic bases, and on areas that are currently small yet have exhibited recent growth trends. The second stage focused on the network or the spatial structure of routes. A hierarchy of four coverage patterns was evaluated in terms of the amount of demand satisfied by the network. The four networks varied in degree of complexity.
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PDF
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2-18-84-336
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US Transportation Collection
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